Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview
Musician: STEVE WEINGART
Video: “Smile”
STEVE WEINGART & RENEE JONES DEBUT NEW ALBUM OASIS AT 2018 WINTER NAMM
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Steve Weingart’s musical journey began when his parents recognized his gift at the age of three, and sought out the best piano teacher in their home town of Dayton, Ohio. A critical foundation of classical studies followed. It allowed him to appreciate the complex compositions...

VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Musician: PETER ERSKINE
Band: DR. UM
Song: “Eleven Eleven”
Recorded at Sweetwater Studios
Critically acclaimed and celebrated drummer Peter Erskine has played the drums since the age of four and is known for his versatility and love of working in different musical genres. He has appeared on over 600 albums and film scores, and has won two Grammy Awards, as well as an honorary doctorate from the Berklee...

VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Musician: CURTIS STIGERS
Music Video: One More for the Road
50 years ago, magic was made on the stage of the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, when the timeless cool of Frank Sinatra met the robust swing of the Count Basie Orchestra. Sinatra at the Sands has remained a beloved classic ever since, the perfect marriage of old-school pop and big band jazz.
Singer, songwriter and saxophonist Curtis Stigers has...

BOZ SCAGGS
The genre-blending genius takes on classic songs in a historic studio
By Jeff Tamarkin
Play Boz Scaggs’ 44-year-old debut album, his 1976 multiplatinum megahit Silk Degrees, or his pair of standards records from the past decade, and one constant emerges from his music: He remains true to his vision, finding that sweet spot where R&B, pop, jazz, blues and rock intersect and then customizing it. Scaggs’ attention to detail, level...

DONALD FAGEN
The Steely Dan co-captain finds new freedom on his latest solo effort
By Russell Hall
Two years ago Donald Fagen decided to wipe the slate clean. His first three solo albums—1982’s The Nightfly, 1993’s Kamakiriad and 2006’s Morph the Cat—had been tied together by unified themes, based on stages of Fagen’s life. For his new record, Sunken Condos, Fagen cast aside such constraints. “Those first three albums, which appeared...

Al Schmitt
Five decades of sterling productions and still going strong
“Legendary” is a term that is often bandied about too freely. But what other word could you use to describe a man whose first recording session was for the Duke Ellington Orchestra and whose work continues to dominate the charts to this very day?
After more than five decades behind the board, Al Schmitt is universally acknowledged as one of the absolute masters of his trade....